Alexander Milas
Alexander Milas is an erstwhile archaeologist, broadcaster, music journalist and award-winning decade-long ex-editor-in-chief of Metal Hammer magazine. In 2017 he founded Twin V, a creative solutions and production company. In 2019 he launched the World Metal Congress, a celebration of heavy metal’s global impact and an exploration of the issues affecting its community. His other projects include Space Rocks, a festival space exploration in partnership with the European Space Agency and the Heavy Metal Truants, a charity cycle ride which has raised over a million pounds for four children's charities which he co-founded with Iron Maiden manager Rod Smallwood. He is Eddietor of the official Iron Maiden Fan Club, head of the Heavy Metal Cycling Club, and works closely with Earth Percent, a climate action group. He has a cat named Angus.
Latest articles by Alexander Milas

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Here, for the first and only time, Ville Valo reveals why HIM have chosen to go out with a with a bang after 26 years, and why some things are best left to die

By Alexander Milas Published
As the 80s drew to an end, post-punk and goth rock were going overground, subverting the mainstream and turning everything but the water black…

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Six months after The Black Parade made My Chemical Romance the biggest band on the planet, we tried to find out if that success had become a poisoned chalice...

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The Heavy Metal Truants are cycling to Download festival for charity once again

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The Boss isn't being "a bully" or a petulant millionaire rock star – he's making a genuine difference in highlighting an unfair law

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How a classic rock song started a personal obsession

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It's Louisville's premier Bourbon and gourmet man-food festival... and a bunch of bands just happen to be playing

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Kerry King isn’t just the face of Slayer. As he revealed one sunny day in LA back in 2006, he’s got more than just a few litres of Jägermeister beneath the surface.

By Alexander Milas Published
Folk, metal, and history combine for a Norwegian Fjord Fiesta

By Alexander Milas Published
There are few certainties in life but death, taxes and Clutch and Mastodon putting on a show for the history books. We caught up with them in New York to talk new music and a metal bromance...

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All the action from the second day of Heavy Metal Truants III

By Alexander Milas Published
Not yet ratedNew album revealed – and it’s a classic.

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What happens when you send dozens of metalheads on a bike ride to Download for charity?

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What does one of Star Wars' biggest fans make of the new trailer?

By Alexander Milas Published
The Metal God closes the second night of Rock On The Range

By Alexander Milas Published
Babymetal plant the flag for the Fox God on their first trip to Rock On The Range

By Alexander Milas Published
Soundwave Festival is a juggernaut, spread over two weekends and four cities...

By Alexander Milas Published
Not yet ratedGeneral Patton leads the charge in a 36-degree heat knees-up.

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The boys are back in town and claiming it in the name of Panther

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Sydney is subjected to the industrial revolution

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Faith No More close the second day of Soundwave in Melbourne

By Alexander Milas Published
The Seattle legends come to Melbourne

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Iowa's masked sons close the first day of Soundwave in Melbourne
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